Thoracic actinomycosis - Report of a patient with advanced-stage disease

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-159

  dos Santos, José Wellington Alves ^a,b   Zambenedetti, Ricardo Morgental ^a   Mann, Keli Cristina ^a   Cibin, Luiz Fenando Ximenes ^a  

^a University Hospital of Santa Maria   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Advanced; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHEST INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; FISTULA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA DISEASE; SMOKING; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 34347370903     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702007000100032     Document Type: Article

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